“…This part focuses on paintings by Elizabeth Cramer McClure that hang on the walls of a room in the original Historic Sherrill's Inn in Fairview, North Carolina. …”

“…Taking an integrative view of structures, the book strives to present structural components and members in the context of the entire building, such that the foundation, walls, beams and roof all work together in providing strength. …”
Sumario

“…Artificial fibers have been produced from more stiff materials such as glass, single-walled carbon nanotubes, double-walled carbon nanotubes, carbon, aramid, boron and polyethylene (PE). …”

“…The walls were closing in on Bruce and Maggie Tate. Isolation forced on them by the pandemic, combined with America's growing political factionalism, threatened their bonds with community and family. …”

“…He describes daily life within the walls of the fort at Detroit, the military adventures planned within those walls, and the rumors, the gossip, and the personal relationships within the community.Offering an unprecedented personal glimpse of Detroit life in the years 1778-79, the diary preserves the flavor of one bitter winter of the American Revolution of special significance for historians of Michigan and Detroit. …”

“…Like the rulers of medieval cities, they've adopted a siege mentality, building walls to keep the bad guys out. It makes for a secure perimeter, but hampers the flow of commerce. …”

“…This volume contains reports on sites excavated in the upper walled city at Lincoln and adjacent suburbs between 1972 and 1987. …”

“…Beginning with the words, "One of the gifts we have received from the twentieth century is a picture of Earth as our shared home," Denis Edwards helps the general reader, the preacher, the spiritual director, the student and the theologian tear down the walls that too often separate mysticism, theology, prophecy, poetry, and science. …”

“…Bridging UX and Web Development prepares you to break down those walls by teaching you how to integrate with your team's developers. …”

“…Just Listen has helped tens of thousands of people tear down walls and establish productive communication. In this landmark book, veteran psychiatrist and business coach Mark Goulston reveals simple, proven techniques for moving people from resistance to consensus, explaining how to: Listen effectively Make even a…”

“…Network security is not simply about building impenetrable walls - determined attackers will eventually overcome traditional defenses. …”

“…He asks that, like the central problems of science, he does not find his origin in the narrow walls of academic fields, but rather he responds to the need that, as a society, we have to know, elucidate who we are and where we are going. …”

“…In contrast to buildings divided by walls, monospace buildings are determined far less by its shell than by a reciprocal relationship between space and practices, objects, materials, and human bodies. …”

“…The factory opens its walls and outdoor applications are solved with new robot morphologies and new sensors that were unthinkable before Industry 4.0 era. …”

“…The contributions to this book, which deal with themes dating from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century, tell of the intimate relationship between humans and the sacred within the walls of the home. The volume demonstrates that the home cannot be studied in isolation: the seventeen essays, that encompass religious history, the histories of art and architecture, material culture, literary history, and social and cultural history, instead point individually and collectively to the porosity of the home and its connectedness with other institutions and broader communities…”

“…Aerial robots with perception, navigation, and manipulation capabilities are extending the range of applications of drones, allowing the integration of different sensor devices and robotic manipulators to perform inspection and maintenance operations on infrastructures such as power lines, bridges, viaducts, or walls, involving typically physical interactions on flight. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…2.5 Information Overload Concepts 29 -- 2.5.1 Definitions of Information Overload and Related Concepts 29 -- 2.5.2 The Context of Information Overload 30 -- 2.5.3 Causes and Consequences of Information Overload 31 -- 2.6 Conclusion and Four Lessons Learned 32 -- Acknowledgment 33 -- References 33 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM IBM 39 -- 3 THE CHALLENGE OF INFORMATION BALANCE IN THE AGE OF AFFLUENT COMMUNICATION 41 -- Paulus Hubert Vossen -- 3.1 Introduction 42 -- 3.2 Quantitative Aspects of Information Overload 43 -- 3.3 Qualitative Aspects of Information Overload 45 -- 3.3.1 Philosophical Perspective: Information in Science and Technology 45 -- 3.3.2 Political Perspective: Information in Modern Society and a Global World 46 -- 3.3.3 Economic Perspective: Information as a Commodity on the Market 47 -- 3.3.4 Societal Perspective: Information as the Glue Between Communities 48 -- 3.3.5 Psychological Perspective: Information as a Basis for Knowing and Acting 49 -- 3.3.6 Ecological Perspective: Information as a Prerequisite for Living Creatures 50 -- 3.4 Conclusion 51 -- 3.5 A Call for Fundamental Research 52 -- References 53 -- PRACTICAL INSIGHTS FROM XEROX 55 -- Xerox Takes on Information Overload 55 -- Identifying the Problem 55 -- Sharing Information 56 -- Sorting Information 57 -- Cutting Through the Clutter 57 -- Life-Saving Software 58 -- Urban Central Nervous System 58 -- 4 FROM CAVE WALL TO TWITTER: ENGINEERS AND TECHNICAL COMMUNICATORS AS INFORMATION SHAMAN FOR DIGITAL TRIBES 61 -- Anne Caborn and Cary L. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- 1.1.1 Academic AI -- 1.1.2 Game AI -- 1.2 Model of Game AI -- 1.2.1 Movement -- 1.2.2 Decision Making -- 1.2.3 Strategy -- 1.2.4 Infrastructure -- 1.2.5 Agent-Based AI -- 1.2.6 In the Book -- 1.3 Algorithms and Data Structures -- 1.3.1 Algorithms -- 1.3.2 Representations -- 1.3.3 Implementation -- 1.4 Layout of the Book -- CHAPTER 2: GAME AI -- 2.1 The Complexity Fallacy -- 2.1.1 When Simple Things Look Good -- 2.1.2 When Complex Things Look Bad -- 2.1.3 The Perception Window -- 2.1.4 Changes of Behavior -- 2.2 The Kind of AI in Games -- 2.2.1 Hacks -- 2.2.2 Heuristics -- 2.2.3 Algorithms -- 2.3 Speed and Memory Constraints -- 2.3.1 Processor Issues -- 2.3.2 Memory Concerns -- 2.3.3 Platforms -- 2.4 The AI Engine -- 2.4.1 Structure of an AI Engine -- 2.4.2 Tool Concerns -- 2.4.3 Putting It All Together -- PART II: Techniques -- CHAPTER 3: MOVEMENT -- 3.1 The Basics of Movement Algorithms -- 3.1.1 Two-Dimensional Movement -- 3.1.2 Statics -- 3.1.3 Kinematics -- 3.2 Kinematic Movement Algorithms -- 3.2.1 Seek -- 3.2.2 Wandering -- 3.3 Steering Behaviors -- 3.3.1 Steering Basics -- 3.3.2 Variable Matching -- 3.3.3 Seek and Flee -- 3.3.4 Arrive -- 3.3.5 Align -- 3.3.6 Velocity Matching -- 3.3.7 Delegated Behaviors -- 3.3.8 Pursue and Evade -- 3.3.9 Face -- 3.3.10 Looking Where You're Going -- 3.3.11 Wander -- 3.3.12 Path Following -- 3.3.13 Separation -- 3.3.14 Collision Avoidance -- 3.3.15 Obstacle and Wall Avoidance -- 3.3.16 Summary -- 3.4 Combining Steering Behaviors -- 3.4.1 Blending and Arbitration -- 3.4.2 Weighted Blending -- 3.4.3 Priorities -- 3.4.4 Cooperative Arbitration -- 3.4.5 Steering Pipeline -- 3.5 Predicting Physics -- 3.5.1 Aiming and Shooting -- 3.5.2 Projectile Trajectory…”

“…Discovered in the late nineteenth century, they had been inscribed on the interior stone walls of the pyramid tombs of third-millennium kings and queens. …”